BlockMilton, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Deport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75435. The Survey maps it on the Deport quadrangle. It stands 420 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Deport quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
56 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Milton between 2005 and 2019, burning about 746 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 21 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 542 |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1053 |
| 18 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 13 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1055 |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEPORT MA GRASS FIRE 9/10 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milton in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | $15,000 | Numerous trees and power lines reported down. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clardy | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Minter | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Deport | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Lone Oak | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Rock Ford | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Pattonville | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hoover | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Taylortown | 5.7 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Milton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48837081 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1374962. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.